Washing-machine



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

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WASHING MAQHINE.

No. 388,706. Patented Aug.28, 1888.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VVILBUR FISK MOORE, OF FRANKLIN, KENTUCKY.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,706, dated August28, 1888.

Application filed September 24, 1887. Serial No. 250.593. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILBUR FISK MOORE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Franklin, in the county ofSimpson and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in washingmachines; and it consistsin a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts, fully setforth hereinafter, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view of the machine.Fig. 2is a simi lar view showing the operatinghandle and the front ofthe supporting-casting removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectionon the line 00 mof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan View. Fig. 5 is a detailView of the front casting, forming a portion of the support. Fig. 6 is adetail view to show the latch for holding the top bar firmly on theboiler or sudsbox. Fig. 7 is a section on line y y of Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A (lesignates the suds-box orboiler, comprising an oblong box divided by the partition B into thecompartments 0 G. The compartments are each provided with false orsecond bottoms c c a short distance above the main bottom of thesuds-box, and the partition B does not extend below the said falsebottoms, but allows a communication between the spaces under the falsebottoms. The bottoms 0 care corrugated longitudinally and provided withperforations through which the water may pass when the washer is in use.

It will be seen that the compartments communicate.with each otherthrough the space or passage 0 under the said compartments.

D designates the top bar, arranged across the center of the suds-boxlongitudinally and provided at the ends with hinged latches d (1,adapted to passdown at the ends of the box A and engage under smallstuds d d, the lower end of the latch being provided with lateral arms(1 d for this purpose. The un- 7 vertical arms ff and the horizontal armf,

having a bearing, f in the center, to align with the similar bearing inthe opposite casting. The lower ends of the arms fare provided withplates f preferably formed integral therewith, which plates are providedon the outer edges with notches adapted to receive the screws to securethe said plates to the top bar.

The castings are provided at the upper outer corners with ears G G,having perforations therein to align with the corresponding perforationsin the ears on the opposite casting, and bolts are passed through thesaid aligned perforations. The castings are further provided on theinner sides of the vertical armsf with ribs G G, for a purposehereinafter mentioned.

Between the vertical arms of the castings, and operating in openings inthe top bar, are arranged the vertical dasher-shafts H H, having theplates h h, secured or formed on the lower ends and provided withnotches in the edges, the construction being similar to that of theplates f (Shown in Figs. 5 and 7.)

I I represent the dashers, secured on the lower ends of the shafts H Hby screws engaged in the notches in the plates h h, and the said dashersare corrugated similarly to the false bottoms of the compartmentsC, sothat when the dashers are lowered the corrugations therein willaccurately fit the corrugations in the said bottoms. The dashers are ofa size to fit in the compartments snugly, so that when they are movedvertically therein they will act as pistons. The front and rear sides ofthe shafts H H are provided with longitudinal grooves K K, adapted toreceive and slide on the ribs or projections G in the inner sides of thecastings, and the inner sides of the said shafts at the upper ends areprovided. with gear-teeth.

L designates a horizontal shaft journaled in the bearings f in thehorizontal arms of the castings, and M represents a large gear-wheelsecured on the said shaft and adapted to mesh with the gear-teeth on thedasher-shafts, so that when the wheel is rotated it will operate thedasher shafts, causing one to ascend and the other to descend. The shaftL is extended forwardly from its bearing in the casting, and on the endthereof is secured the center of the operating-lever N, provided at eachend with a handle of the ordinary construction.

0 designates a forwardly-extending arm or bar, secured to the wheel M atthe lower part, and P represents an arm depending from the under side ofthe lever N, which is secured at the lower end to the extremity of thebar 0.

The operation of the washing-machine is as follows: A suitable quantityof water is placed in the suds-box and the clothes to be washed areplaced in on the'corrugated bottoms. The top bar, D, is now secured inplace on the sudsbox and the dashers placed in their respectivecompartments. Having thus arranged the parts of the device, the ends ofthe lever N are operated vertically, one end ascending while the otheris descending, and, owing to the'arrangement of parts hereinbeforeexplained,the dashers will' be operated vertically, one ascending whilethe other is descending, and vice versa. As one dasher descends, itforces the water in its compartment through the clothes therein, throughthe perforated bottom, along the passage 0, under the compartments 0,and up through the perforated bottom oftheothercompartment.Afterhavingforced all the water out of the cloths in the compartment, itpresses the clothes firmly between the corrugated surfaces of the bottomand the dasher and thus wrings them dry, at the same time rubbing themslightly. \Vhen the handle is operated in the opposite direction, thepassage of the water is reversed, it being forced back into thecompartment from which it had been driven, thus passing through theclothes which had previously been pressed and rubbed. The clothes in theother compartment now receive the pressing and rubbing after the waterin the compartment has been pressed out. This continual forcing of thewater back and forth through the clothes by direct pressure causes theclothes to be very rapidly cleansed; but when the said action is takenin connec tion with the squeezing, pressing, and rubbing of thecorrugated dashers the action is very thorough and rapid.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In awashingmachine, the combination of the suds-box A, having thecompartments 0 0, top bar secured on the upper side of the suds-box,castings F F, secured to the upper side of the bar and comprising thevertical armsff and the horizontal arms f, provided at the centers withaligned bearings f vertical sliding-dasher shafts H H, operating betweenthe vertical arms of the adjacent castings F, and having the dashers I Ion the lower ends to operate in the compartments 0, the shaftjournaledin the aligned bearingsf and the gear-wheel M, secured on the said shaftand adapted to mesh with gear-teeth on the inner sides of the saiddasher-shafts, whereby when the said wheel is rotated one of the shaftswill ascend and the other will descend simultaneously, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the suds-box A, havingthe compartments 0 O, of the top bar, D, arranged across the said box,the parallel castings F F, secured to the upper side of the said bar,and having a horizontal arm, f, provided with a bearing, f*, thevertical dasher-shafts H H, guided by the said castings and havinggearteeth on the inner sides, and the dashers I I on the lower ends tooperate in the compartments 0, shaft L, jonrnaled in the bearingsf andextending forward beyond the same, the gear-wheel M,secu red to the saidshaft between the castings and meshing at opposite sides with thegear-teeth on the dasher-shafts, the lever N, secured on the front endof the shaft L, and having the depending arm P at the center, and theforwardly-extending bar 0, secured to the wheel at the lower part andadapted to have the lower end of the arm P secured thereto, allconstructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the suds-box A, havingthe compartments 0 O, ofthe top bar, D, the castings F F, comprising thevertical arms ff, provided at the lower ends with the plates f adaptedto be secured to the top bar, and the horizontal arm f, provided at thecenter with the aligned bearings f the vertical arms f being alsoprovided on the inner sides with the ribs or projections G, the verticaldashershafts H H, provided in the front and rear sides with grooves K Kto receive the ribs or projections G, and also having the gear-teeth onthe inner sides and the plates hh on the lower ends, the dashers ILsecured to the plates h h and adapted to operate in the compartments 0O, shaft L, journaled in the-bearingsf gear-wheel M, scoured to the saidshaft and meshing with the gear-teeth on the dasher-shafts, and thelever N, secured to the shaft L and having a depending arm, P, connectedat the lower end to the gear-wheel, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILBUR FISK MOORE.

Witnesses:

J. C. HUNT, J. K. CALDWELL.

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